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Chapter 10 Introduction to Inference (Total Time: 15 Days)

• Estimating with Confidence
o Estimating with confidence: connecting your thinking to the sampling
distribution
o Confidence interval for population mean
KA 35:Confidence Interval 1
KA 36: Confidence Interval Example
K 41: Small Sample Size Confidence Intervals
o How confidence intervals behave; choosing sample size; cautions
• Tests of Significance
o Logic of significance tests; stating hypotheses
o P-values and statistical significance
KA 42: Hypothesis Testing and P-values
o Carrying out a significance test; including fixed significance level tests
o Test from a confidence interval
• Making Sense of Statistical Significance
o About statistical significance
• Inference as Decision
o Concepts of Type I, Type II error & power
KA 45: Type 1 Errors
KA 46: Small Sample Hypothesis Test
KA 47: Large Sample Proportion Hypothesis Testing